Category: Facts About Wine

Many wine taste and smell terms are easy to understand, delicious to imagine. Continue reading →

Most of us spend our entire wine lives pouring from three bottle sizes. Continue reading →

Champagne and other sparkling wines shine at Christmas and New Years. Today, answers to some merry sparkling questions. Continue reading →

More wine trivia to abet bets and sustain snobbery. All numbers approximate averages: Continue reading →

Insider numbers to help you win wine bets, show off at wine bars, or one-up siblings. Weighted to Napa, the U.S. premier wine producer. Continue reading →

More about wine alcohol wars. Continue reading →

People drink wine because it tastes delicious, can complement food, may have health benefits. And, oh yes, because it has alcohol in it. Continue reading →

In final column in series about sacramental wine we visit issues common to all wine: what’s this stuff in the communion cup/Bordeaux glass? Continue reading →

As we continue our look at altar wines, general notes. Continue reading →

Sacramental wine makers are our nation’s oldest wine makers because they were not put out of business by the lunacy of Prohibition. By the 21st century, however, there are only three makers of consequence. Continue reading →